إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
۞قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ
They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?
قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?
إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ
Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;